{"product_id":"three-delays-paperback-1","title":"Three Delays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharlie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mind-blowing... This isn't Smith's first tale of toxic and nihilistic obsession, but it is his most ravishing, painfully funny, and wildly mythic.\" -- \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Smith is not only a spectacular stylist but also a visionary.\" --\u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Charlie Smith (\u003cem\u003eCheap Ticket to Heaven, Chimney Rock, Shine Hawk\u003c\/em\u003e), author of three \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Books and a literary stylist whose \"writing can make the mountains ring\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e), comes his first novel in more than a decade, \u003cem\u003eThree Delays\u003c\/em\u003e, which follows the troubled lives of two lovers as they combat their passions and each other. In the words of James Dickey, \"Writers after Charlie Smith will have to take him into account, but I doubt if any will equal or surpass him.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBilly Brent and Alice Stephens are star-crossed like all great lovers. Their need for each other drives them from Istanbul to Miami, Venice to Mexico. After years of encounters and escapes, they lose themselves deep in a desert wilderness, searching for a way forward, only to learn that sometimes the trail simply forks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Charlie Smith, author of three \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Books, comes his long-awaited new novel, his first in more than a decade. An exploration of the true particulars of obsession, \u003cem\u003eThree Delays\u003c\/em\u003e is a book of the spirit, of how broken people love and persist from darkness to darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBilly Brent and Alice Stephens are star-crossed like all great lovers. Their need for each other drives them from Istanbul to Miami, Venice to Mexico. After years of encounters and escapes, they lose themselves deep in a desert wilderness, searching for a way forward, only to learn that sometimes the trail simply forks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Charlie Smith, author of three \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Books, comes his long-awaited new novel, his first in more than a decade. An exploration of the true particulars of obsession, \u003cem\u003eThree Delays\u003c\/em\u003e is a book of the spirit, of how broken people love and persist from darkness to darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 18, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47265617936633,"sku":"9780061859458","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/q_DuaggCWa9780061859458_aad9e92c-4bdb-4884-97e2-05dba641c0f7.webp?v=1768843686","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/three-delays-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}